Woodward, Lemon to speak at Alabama

Bob Woodward answers questions from students during a forum held at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa, in this Oct. 24, 2003 file photo. Don Lemon, a CNN newsroom anchor, and Woodward, associate editor of the Washington Post, will speak at separate events that are free and open to the public.

The Associated Press

Staff report

Published: Friday, February 15, 2013 at 11:26 a.m.

Last Modified: Friday, February 15, 2013 at 11:26 a.m.

TUSCALOOSA | Two award-winning journalists are coming next week to the campus of the University of Alabama.

Don Lemon, a CNN newsroom anchor, and Bob Woodward, associate editor of the Washington Post, will speak at separate events that are free and open to the public.

Lemon will speak at 6 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Ferguson Center theater. Guests can register for free tickets online at uaferguson.tix.com. After his speech, Lemon will sign copies of his book, “Transparent,” which will be available for purchase.

Lemon began working for CNN in 2006 and anchors the CNN Newsroom during weekend prime time. He has won an Emmy for a report on real estate, an Edward R. Murrow Award for coverage of the Washington, D.C., snipers and other awards for his reporting on the AIDS epidemic in Africa and Hurricane Katrina.

Woodward's speech will be at 6 p.m. Feb. 22 in the Sellers Auditorium at the Bryant Conference Center, 240 Paul W. Bryant Drive.

Woodward has worked at the Washington Post since 1971 and has written or co-written 17 books, all of them nonfiction best sellers.

He and Carl Bernstein teamed up to cover the Watergate scandal, which earned the Post the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. He was also the lead reporter for the Post's Pulitizer Prize winning coverage of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Woodward is the speaker in the Gloria and John L. Blackburn Academic Symposium Lecture under the auspices of UA's Blackburn Institute, a leadership development organization.

Lemon's speech is part of “Through the Doors,” a yearlong series of events commemorating the 50th anniversary since the desegregation of UA in 1963. For more information about the commemoration, visit www.throughthedoors.ua.edu.

<p>TUSCALOOSA | Two award-winning journalists are coming next week to the campus of the University of Alabama.</p><p>Don Lemon, a CNN newsroom anchor, and Bob Woodward, associate editor of the Washington Post, will speak at separate events that are free and open to the public.</p><p>Lemon will speak at 6 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Ferguson Center theater. Guests can register for free tickets online at uaferguson.tix.com. After his speech, Lemon will sign copies of his book, “Transparent,” which will be available for purchase.</p><p>Lemon began working for CNN in 2006 and anchors the CNN Newsroom during weekend prime time. He has won an Emmy for a report on real estate, an Edward R. Murrow Award for coverage of the Washington, D.C., snipers and other awards for his reporting on the AIDS epidemic in Africa and Hurricane Katrina.</p><p>Woodward's speech will be at 6 p.m. Feb. 22 in the Sellers Auditorium at the Bryant Conference Center, 240 Paul W. Bryant Drive.</p><p>Woodward has worked at the Washington Post since 1971 and has written or co-written 17 books, all of them nonfiction best sellers.</p><p>He and Carl Bernstein teamed up to cover the Watergate scandal, which earned the Post the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. He was also the lead reporter for the Post's Pulitizer Prize winning coverage of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. </p><p>Woodward is the speaker in the Gloria and John L. Blackburn Academic Symposium Lecture under the auspices of UA's Blackburn Institute, a leadership development organization.</p><p>Lemon's speech is part of “Through the Doors,” a yearlong series of events commemorating the 50th anniversary since the desegregation of UA in 1963. For more information about the commemoration, visit www.throughthedoors.ua.edu.</p>